TOP PHOTOS: May 9, 2013

Here are the top pictures of the day from the Associated Press.

A child wearing Soviet Navy style uniform salutes during celebration of the Victory Day in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Russia is celebrating the anniversary of victory over Germany in WWII. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Cadets of the Ukrainian Military academy preparing to celebrate the anniversary of victory over the Nazis at a memorial to World War II veterans in a memorial park in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Ukrainians continue to celebrate the World War II anniversary and Victory Day on May 9 as a national holiday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russian marines march through the Red Square, during the Victory Day Parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said at the annual military parade on Red Square that Russia will be a guarantor of world security. Putin's short speech Thursday came at the culmination of Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany 68 years ago. It is Russia's most important secular holiday, honouring the huge military and civilian losses of World War II and showing off the country's modern arsenal. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Advocates for both sides chant, sing and plead as they line the entrance to the House floor while the House takes up the same-sex marriage bill in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT

Mouners carry the casket of Ricardo Portillo along a street following a public wake to the funeral service at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Salt Lake City. People attended a funeral services to honor a Utah soccer referee who was punched by a player and later died after a weeklong coma. Portillo died Saturday, a week after police say a 17-year-old player struck him in the head during a recreational league soccer game after the referee called a penalty against him. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Henry Blanco, right, shows he has control of the ball after tagging out Tampa Bay Rays' Evan Longoria at home plate during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 9, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

A Pakistani supporter of former cricket star-turned-politician, and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Imran Khan, wearing a pin bearing Khan's image, takes part during a rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Pakistan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on May 11, the first transition between democratically elected governments in a country that has experienced three military coups and constant political instability since its creation in 1947. The parliament's ability to complete its five-year term has been hailed as a significant achievement. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Supporters of Pakistan's People's party chant slogans during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Pakistan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on May 11, the first transition between democratically elected governments in a country that has experienced three military coups and constant political instability since its creation in 1947. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man harvests wheat ahead of the Shavuot holiday, in a field outside the Israeli community of Mevo Horon, Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Jewish holiday of Shavuot, commemorating Moses receiving the Ten Commandments and also a harvest holiday, begins next Monday sundown. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A daily wage worker looks at his reflection in a mirror after a shave from a roadside barber at a wholesale market in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)

Pakistani, Khairullah Juma, 13, his shadow cast on the ground, walks his painted donkey to a whole sale fruit and vegetable market hoping to rent it, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Khairullah, painted his donkey to make it beautiful and attract customers. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)